Water lift



May 21, 1940. u. ci. ROGERS 2,201,503

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Patented May 21, 1940 UNITED 'STATES 'PATENT OFFICE 2,201,503 i WATER LIFT Ulysses G. Rogers, Medicine Lodge, Kans., I

1 Application May s, 1939, serial No. 272,531

5 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in wind motors and wind 'actuated water lifts, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a wind actuated water lift for elevating Water from an irrigation ditch.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water lift including a. wind wheel including means to shield a portion of the wheel from wind approaching the ywheel from either side.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a wind wheel including means to deiiect extraneous wind toward the wind wheel.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a combined wind motor and water lift.

A still further object of the invention isto provide a water lift including a paddle-wheel and improved trough means co-acting with the paddle wheel to elevate successive quantities of water.

AOther objects and advantages Aof the invention will become apparent during the course ofthe following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, and in which drawings:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the wind actuated water lift and showing its relationship to an irrigation ditch.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of the wind actuated water lift shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse Sectional view substantially on the line ll-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail view in perspective of a scoop-like paddle preferably forming a part of the invention.

In the drawings, which for the purpose of illustration show only a preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, l designates a ditch containing Water ll to a given level E2.

Positioned partly below the grade l of the a box-like frame I1 including side walls i8, end

walls i9, and a bottom wall 2i) forming a water j reservoir in communication with the ditch, as by a suitable opening 2l in one of the side walls. The bottom wall 2d of the reservoir may be disposed below the bottom of the ditch li), if desired. Mounted for rotation transversely of the end walls i9, is an axle 22, having its axis horizontal, and forming part of a wind-wheel 23. Extending radially from the axle are wing-like (Cl. S-59) blades 24 whichkv may be provided with radialreinforcing arms v2'5 in spaced relation at opposite sides of theblades. Preferably the blades 24 are of a length no greater than the' distance from the axle 2.2 to the water level `I2 so that the blades will not tend to dip into the water and retard any rotary movement of the windwheel. In the example shown, four equiangularly spaced blades 24 are provided, but it will be understood that the number of blades may vary.

Each blade 24 may rigidly carry a shovel or paddle 26 which may, if desired, form an integral extension from the Youter edge of the blade 24. 'I'hese shovels .or paddles 26 preferably are of 'a width considerably less than the width of the blades 24 and may be located at a given end of the wind-wheel. It will be seen that the shovels or paddles 2S form a paddle-wheel which is rotatable with theA wind-wheel about the axle' path of movement of the paddles, each channel extending between opposite extremities of a trough and disposed one `extremity below and the other above the water level. Preferably the upf per extremities of the channels vare located inwardly adjacent the side walls I8 of the boxlike frame, and in a horizontal plane intersecting the wind-wheel axle 22, although the location of the .upper extremities of 'the channel may vary. Suitable gutters 34 forming ducts leading from the upper extremities o-f the troughs 3l across the side walls I8 of the frame may be provided, if desired.

It will be noted that the side Walls I8 of the frame forml shields which prevent wind approaching the frame from either side from acting upon the wind-wheel blades below the axle 22.

Means is provided to deflect extraneous wind toward the wind-Wheel blades above the axle 22.

Set into the ground adjacent opposite end Walls of the frame is a pair of posts ,36 support-` These troughs 3l form channels disposed in the.

ing a horizontal cable 31 braced by cables 38 attached to heavy underground weights 39. Pivotally supported in depending relation from the cable 31 as by hangers 40 is a wind deector panel 4| having a notch 42 in its lower margin for the accommodation of the shovels or paddles 26 during rotation of the paddle-wheel.

'Ihe operation of the wind actuated water lift is automatic and may be readily understood from an inspection of Figures 2 and 4. In these views, arrows 'are employed to designate the direction of Wind from right to left and the direction of rotation of the wind-wheel as counter-clockwise. The wind-Wheel will of course be turned in v'a clock-wise direction when the direction of the Wind is from left to right. In either case the Wind deflector panel 4l is tilted or swung in the direction of the wind current and the wind is diverted downwardly so as to act upon one or more blades of the wind-wheel above the axle thereof. As the wind-wheel rotates, the scooplike shovels or paddles successively dip into the water, pass along one of the arcuate segmental troughs and thereby lift a quantity of water in advance of the shovels or paddles to the upper extremity of the trough, where the water escapes by flowing along the adjacent gutter 34 and over the side wall of the reservoir.

Various changes may be made in the form of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the followings claims.

I claim:

1. In a Wind actuated Water lift, a wind-wheel including an axle and blades extending from the axle and terminating Within a given distance radially from the axle, paddles carried by the wind- Wheel and extending radially therefrom a fixed distance beyond said given distance, means ro- Q tatably supporting the wind-wheel with its axle spaced above the level of a body of water a distance substantially equal to the given distance, means shielding from the wind the wind-wheel blades at one side of the axle and an arcuate trough providing a channel along the path of travel of the paddles and including opposite ends one below and the other above the level of said body of Water.

2. In a wind actuated water lift, a Wind-wheel including an axle and blades extending from the axle and terminating within a given distance radially from the axle, scoop-like paddles carried by the wind-wheel and extending radially therefrom a fixed distance beyond said given distance, means rotatably supporting the wind- Wheel with its axle spaced above the level of a body of water a distance substantially equal to the given distance, means shielding from the wind the Wind-wheel blades at one side of the axle, and an arcuate strip providing a surface bounding the path of travel of said paddles and including opposite ends one below and the other above the level of said body of Water.

3. In a Wind actuated Water lift, a Water reservoir having side Walls, end walls, and an open top, said walls extending above the level of water in said reservoir, a wind-Wheel including an axle rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by said end walls and blades disposed in radial planes intersecting the axle, said blades being of a length substantially equal to the distance from said axle to said water level, the side walls of said reservoir being of a height sufficient to shield the blades vbelow the axle from wind approaching the reservoir from either side, paddles rotatably carried by the wind-wheel so as to dip into the Water in said reservoir, and trough means providing channels in the path of said paddles and extending between zones below and above the level of the water.

4. In a wind actuated Water lift, a Wind-wheel including an axle and blades extending from the axle and terminating Within a given distance radially from the axle, paddles carried by the wind-wheel and extending radially therefrom a xed distance beyond said given distance, said paddles being of a width less than the width of said blades, means rotatably supporting the wind-wheel with its axle spaced above the level of a body of water a distance substantially equal to the given distance, means shielding from the wind the blades below the axle, an arcuate trough providing a channel along the path of travel of the paddles and including opposite ends one disposed below and the other above the level of said body of water, a deilector plate, and means pivotally supporting the deflector plate in pendant relation superjacent the path of rotation of the wind-wheel to deflect extraneous Wind downwardly toward the blades above the axle, said deiiector plate being provided With a notch extending upwardly from its pendant lower marginal edge in the path of travel of said paddles and of a size to permit passage of said paddles therethrough.

5. In a wind actuated water lift, a wind-wheel including an axle and blades extending from the axle and terminating within a given distance radially from the axle, paddles carried by the wind-Wheel and extending radially therefrom a xed distance beyond said given distance, means rotatably supporting the wind-wheel With its axle spaced above the level of a body of Water a distance substantially equal to the given distance, means shielding from the wind the Wind- Wheel blades at one side of the axle and arcuate troughs providing channels along spaced portions of the path of travel of the panels and including opposite ends one below and the other above the level of said body of water.

ULYSSES G. ROGERS. 

